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Table 1-4
Configure the maximum number of MAC address authentication users allowed to access a
port
Operation
Command
Description
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter Ethernet port view
interface interface-type
interface-number
—
Configure the maximum
number of MAC address
authentication users allowed
to access a port
mac-authentication
max-auth-num user-number
Required
By default, the maximum number
of MAC address authentication
users allowed to access a port is
256.
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If both the limit on the number of MAC address authentication users and the limit on the number of
users configured in the port security function are configured for a port, the smaller value of the two
configured limits is adopted as the maximum number of MAC address authentication users allowed
to access this port. Refer to the
Port Security manual
for the description on the port security
function.
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You cannot configure the maximum number of MAC address authentication users for a port if any
user connected to this port is online.
Configuring the Quiet MAC Function on a Port
You can configure whether to enable the quiet MAC function on a port. When this function is enabled,
the MAC address connected to this port will be set as a quiet MAC address if its authentication fails.
When this function is disabled, the MAC address will not become quiet no matter whether the
authentication is failed.
Table 1-5
Configure the quiet MAC function on a port
Operation
Command
Description
Enter system view
system-view
—
Eneter Ethernet port view
interface
interface-type
interface-number
—
Configure quiet MAC function
on the port
mac-authenticiaon
intrusion-mode block-mac
enable
Required
Enabled by default.
Displaying and Debugging MAC Authentication
After the above configuration, you can execute the
display
command in any view to display system
running of MAC Authentication configuration, and to verify the effect of the configuration. You can
execute the
reset
command in user view to clear the statistics of MAC Authentication.